As I have written previously, I truly believe Tony White left because, head coaching job available or not, he was never going to be a long-term fixture on the Husker staff. As Matt Rhule said in today’s press conference, appearances to the contrary, nothing in this off-season happened suddenly.
Even without the portal entries from that side of the ball, he took a look at the returnees vs. the known losses, the potential portal losses and a bigger Big 10 and knew his value had reached its maximum Lincoln. He then took a chance to return closer to family in Florida with a three-year contract.